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"Il Pifferaio magico e le palafitte" path

Comano
Category
Difficulty
Easy
Duration
1:30
Duration in hours
Distance
4
Distance in km
Status
open
Suggested period
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From Fiavè follow the indications to the archaeological area, as far as the car park on the right-hand side of the main road.

A family excursion to Fiavè archaeological site. Along the way, you will find clues left by the protagonists of this story.

The route is signposted with wooden signs.

 

Further information and useful links

For more information on routes, services (guides, mountain huts, shops etc.) and hiking friendly accommodation: Garda Trentino - +39 0464 554444

 

Route info
Easy
Route number
Distance
4,0 km
Duration
1 h 30 min
Altitude difference (+)
38 m
Altitude difference (-)
36 m
Technical skills
Physical effort
Scenary
Highest point
684 m
Lowest point
647 m
Suggestions

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Safety guidelines

The telephone number for the emergency services is 112.

The information on this chart is subject to inevitable variations, so this means that none of the indications are absolute. It is not entirely possible to avoid giving inexact or imprecise information, given how quickly environmental and weather conditions can change. For this reason we decline any responsibility for changes which the user may encounter. In any case, the hiker is advised to check the conditions of the places, environment and weather before setting out.

Punto di partenza
Fiavé
Directions

The path goes past the Doss dei Gustinacci, with remains of stone dwellings from 1300 BC. Then, after a short stretch through vegetation, it borders the peat-bog, a humid area with particular environmental characteristics. Here the Carera Lake formed around 15,000 years ago, after the last ice-age. The first Mesolithoic hunters arrived at the banks of this lake in summer and, in the late Neolithic era (the first half of the 4th century BC) other men established the first village on pile dwellings. Several villages were built, later gradually destroyed or abandoned, leaving today only the wooden piles emerging from the small lake. The remains of the pile-dwellings and other objects have been preserved thanks to the peat, that is, the accumulation of vegetation on the bed of the lake. The archaeological site of Fiavé is one of the 111 prehistoric pile-dwelling sites Alpine Range recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site . The archaeological findings and relevant information on the digs and villages in Fiavè can be found in the Museo delle Palafitte (the Pile-DwellingsMuseum). The path continues after the archaeological site and, thanks to a wooden walkway, connects to a gravel road that passes close to the peat bog at the edge of fields. Another walkway crosses a marshy area where frogs and insects live, and then re-joins a gravelroad alongside woods and the countryside.

public transportation

Fiavé is connected by the intercity bus line 211 (Riva del Garda - Tenno - Fiavé - Ponte Arche) to the other places in Garda Trentino.

Up-to-date information on timetables and routes.

 

How to get there

From Ponte Arche/Comano Terme go in the direction of Fiavé, then continue towards the archaeological site (8 km).

Find out how to reach Garda Trentino.

 

Where to park

Free parking lots in Fiavé (loc. Pineta), close to the archeological area. 

This excursion is quite simple and presents no particular difficulty. However, we still recommend you to wear suitable footwear, a hat, sun screen and sunglasses. And be sure to bring water!

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